I also think that's one reason.
Where I'm from (Norway), the majority of computer science and software engineering studies do not have the same math requirements as, say, engineering or math/physics/etc. - nor do they have the same amount of math as the latter ones.
When I did my CS classes as an engineering student, I did meet a bunch of students that viewed math as some niche subject only relevant to those that wanted to work with computer graphics, computational stuff, or similar.
My (UC) CS (pure software) program required a bunch of math, but not for the math. You could talk almost anything (I did set theory and meta-logic), it was required to ensure a certain level of mathematical formalism and reasoning. Which is very helpful in CS.